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EXTRACT  i.     Mr.  S H' ,  of  Windham,  in 

cutt  tbus  luritcj  to  his  ftiend  in  Bojlm. 

Windham,  Oct.  2,  1798. 
R <  -j.  and  dear  Sir, 

YOU  will  pardon  nic  for  ufir.ig  the  freedom  to  trouble  you 
with  a  line  from  fo  unworthy,  though  fincere  friend.  It  is 
a  time  of  general  health  in  thefe  parts  ;  but  this  is  not  the  bed 
news  I  fhall  acquaint  you  with:  for  "as  cold  water  to  a  thirlty 
foul,  fo  is  good  news  from  a  far  country." — God  is  carrying  on  a 
glorious  work  in  feveral  towns  in  thefe  parts.  The  work  began 
in  Mansfield,  firtl  fociety,  about  five  or  fix  months  ago,  in  a  very 
gradual  manner  ;  but  loon  took  a  very  rapid  fprcad  in  the  welt 
part  of  the  town.  A  fermon  preached  in  that  neighbourhood 
..:  a  funeral,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Shearman,  was  greatly  blcH'cd. 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  fcemed  to  fvveep  all  before  it  like  an  over- 
flowing flood,  though  with  very  little  noife  or  crying  out.  It 
is  wonderful  to  fee  the  furprifing  alteration  in  that  people  in  fo 
lhort  a  lime.  I  conclude  there  are  not  lei's  than  an  hundred 
fouls  converted  in  that  town  fince  the  work  began.  Soon  after, 
it  began  in  Hampton,  hut  did  not  fprcad  with  that  degree  .of 
rapidity  as  it  did  in  Mansfield.  The  fame  happy  work  has  lately 
taken   place  in  Afhford,  in  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pond's  fociety,  with  a 

■  I  degree  of  power.  It  has  alio  fpread  into  the  fecond  fociety 
in  Mansfield,  under  the  paftoral  care  of  Rev.  Mr.  Wellh  ;  alfo 
in  the  up.per  part  ol  Canterbury,  and  lately  in  Abington  fociety 
ID  1'oml'ret. 

Dear  Sir,  We  may  fay,  in  the  mid  If  of  judgment  God  is  fhow- 
rng  himfeli  marvellously  good  and  kind;  and  as  it  feemed  our 
laud,  a  few  months  ago,  was  fully  ripe  for  destruction,  and  the  hot 
thunderbolts  of  divine  wrath  were  hanging  over  our.  heads,  yet 

;  has  made  a  rich  dilplay  of  his  grace,  in  the  converfion  of 
f<    many  fouls. 

One  thing  is  remarkable  in  this  reformation,  there  is  fuch 
evidence  carried  in  the  ivork,  that  none,  or  but  very  few  dare  to 
oppole  it.  Bigotry,  which  was  fo  common  between  the  Stand- 
ing Order  fCongregationalifts-)  and  the  Di fie ntcrs,  is  done  away. 
This  wori  U  chiefly  among  the  Standing  Order. 


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EXTR  ACT  2 .  Containing  a  further  account  cf  I  he  far.ie. 
vtorif  in  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  E P to  his  P.v.-its,  da- 
ted AJbford,  September  24,  179S. 

Honored  Pare/:?:, 

I  MUST  inform  yon  of  the  work  of  God,  wliich  is  going  on  in 
thefe  parts.  Early  in  May,  an  attention  begun  in  the  firft  ib- 
ciely  in  Mansfield,  which  increased  to  a  grc.it  degree,  fo  as  to  be- 
come general.  It  then  began  in  Hampton,  and  is  as  general  as 
in  Mansfield.  About  four  weeks  fince,  it  hegan  here,  «ind,  for 
the  time,  has  fpread  very  raft  ;  fo  that  about  eighty  have  been 
under  great  concern  :  Of  this  number,  nearly  twenty  have  a 
hope  that  they  have  been  "  born  again."  The  work  iecms  to  be 
fprcading.  In  one  family  of  my  people  who  have  only  thiv. 
daughters,  the  elded  fifteen  years  old,  they  all  give  evidence 
that  they  have  been  born  again!    The  worl  . ■>   began  in 

Mr.  Welfh's  fociety  in  Mansfield;  and  the  ;  .  >l'pects  --tie  \.iy 
favourable  in  Weftford. Do  unite  in  prayer  lo  God  :  if  only- 
two  cr  three,  don't  omit  it,  that  God  would  pour  out  his  Spirit 
upon  you.  This  fceim  to  have  been  the  beginning  of  the  woik 
in  Mansfield. 


EXTRACT  3.     Containing  an  account  of  the  jeginr 

the  reformation  in  Hartford,  in   a  let'.  :r  from  tie  Mev.  6' S. 

N ,  of that  City,  to  his  friend  in  Bojhn,  dated  January    14, 

1799. 

* 

x    Rev.   and  d.'ar  $irt 

AGLORIOUiS  revival  of  religion  lias  lately  taken 
place  among  up.  Twr»  of  my  brothers-in-law,  the 
youngeft  about  12  years  old,  and  the  other  fourteen,  had  been 
under  deep  conviction  at  times,  for  feveral  weeks  before  our  lail 
Thankfgiving  ;  and  on  that  day.  whilft  1  was  j  ;  .aching,  the 
youngeft  was  brought  out  clear  in  his  mind,  and  went  home  with 
his  little  foul  overilowing  with  joy.  Thi.-.  affected  the  whole 
family  ;  feveral  of  whom  we  trull,  could  rejoice  with  him  ;  ail 
the  reft  were  much  alarmed,  and  led  to  cry  out  under  pungent 
conviction,  "  What  ihall  we  do  to  be  laved  ?"  From  this  it  has 
fpread  from  houfe  to  houfe,  and  from  heart  to  heart,  till  almofi 
the  whole  City  has  got  alarmed. 

I  think  as  many  as  15  or  20  have  been  hopefully  converted  ; 
many  more  are   under  painful   convictions,  and   the   work    ftill 
fprcading.      It  has  alio  exUnded  it:,  happy  influence  amor: 
other  denominations,  and   they  open  conferences,  and   welcome 
its  approach. 

We  have  meetings  almoll  every  evening  in  the  week. — Hi 
furely  a  Macedonian  cry,  "  Do  come  over  and  lulp  us." 


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EXTRACT  4.     Containing  a  further  account  of  the fame 

work,  in  a  Utter  from  the  Rev.  J B ,  dated  at  Trumbull, 

::ary  6,  1 799*  to  his  friend  at  Newbury-Port. 

My  dear  friend  and  broi 

THROUGH  the  kind  hand  of  God,  I  arrived  here  yefterday. 
I  flopped  at  Hartford,  and   preached  five   fermons. 

The  fpirit  of  hearing  at  Hartford  is  greater  than  any  repre- 
fentations  which  have  been  made.  Young  people  of  both  fexes 
flock  by  hundreds,  and  the  proipedt  is  flattering  in  the  extreme. 
Conference  meetings  are  held  every  night  in  different  private 
houfes.  In  Mr.  Strong's  fociety,  60  are' thought  to  be  under 
conviction,  and  20  have  been  hop.-fully  brought  into  gofpel  lib- 
erty.    In  Mr.  Nellbn's  30,  and  lbme  in  Mr.  Flint's. 

The  youth  hold  correfpondence  one  with  another  by  letter,  and 
with  thofe  of  the  neighbouring  towns.  Hundreds  are  under  lbme 
ferious  concern,  while  hundreds  more  fland  alloniflied,  and  are 
ready  to  cry,  "  What  meaneth  all  this?" 

The  Lord  ieems  to  have  fteppedout  of  the  ufual  path  of  Ordi- 
nances, to  effecl  this  work  more  immediately  in  the  difplays  of 
his  almighty  power  and  outpouring  of  his  Spirit;  probably 
to  fhow  that  the  work  is  his  own.  It  is  not  attended  with 
noife  and  confufion,  but  with  folemnity  and  reverence.  No 
fire — no  rufhing  wind — no  earthquake  ;  but  a  ftill  fmall  voice 
goes  before  this  wonderful  work  ;  no  doubt  to  hide  pride  from 
man.  •  The  ministers  are  itirred  up  to  uncommon  diligence  and 
labour,  fo  that  they  have  fcarcely  time  to  prepare  for  public 
exercifes. 

The  facred  flame  has  fpread  into  many  neighbouring  towns  !* 
and  the  pious. are  flocking  into  Hartford  to  be  eye-witnelTes  of 
this  glorious  work.  I  have  felt  myi'elf  fo  much  engaged  in 
preaching,  viiiting  and  converging  with  old  and  young,  that  my 
attention  has  been  literally  taken  off  from  Wife,  Children, 
Flock,  and  bodjly  infirmities.  O  that  my  part,  time  had 
been  better  employed  and  filled  than  it  has  been.  Should  my 
health  be  continued,  I  hope,  by  the  grace  of  God,  to  fpend  my 
llrength  wholly  in  the  Lord's  Caufe, — which  carries  its  own  re- 
1  with  it. 

Two  hundred  miles  N.  W.  of  Hartford,  on  the  border  of  the 
Indian  nations,  I  am  informed  that  the  Lord  is  pouring  out  his 
Spirit  plentifully.  The  Aborigines  flock  to  hear  the  gofpel, 
and  fall  under  the  word  like  Dagon  before  the  Ark.  I  have 
feen  a  preacher  from  thofe  parts,  who  gives  the  moll  flattering 
.. tints,  and  informs*  that  very  large  numbers  have  been  added 
to  the  churches  in  that  vicinity  the  lafl  year. 

After  fernvm  was  finifhed  upon  a  late  occafion   in  the  woods, 
;;:dian  Hood  up  with  tears  in  his  eyes, and  lhu:i  addre/fed  the  an- 

•  tioned  in  a-ktK  r  from  a  refpe&able  character  hi  Hartford,  of 
into  nearly  100  towns. 


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tlience  ;  "  I  defire  to  blefs  G"cd,  that  white  people  ever  came  inta 
this  country.  White  people  brought  the  Bible,  and  the  religion 
of  Jefus  with  them.  White  people  prayed  for  the  converfion  of 
the  heathen,  and  I  (land  up  this  day  as  a  living  witnels  of  the 
power  of  God's  converting  grace//;  anfwer  to  their  prayers.  Con- 
tinue to  pray  for  the  converfion  of  more  heathens,  that  they 
alfo  may  be  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  Jefus." 

EXTRACT  5.     Rev.  C D ,  of  Shapjbury,  in 

Vermont,  gives  the  following  particulars  of 'the  ttfortnatkn  in  that 
toivn. 

Rev.  Sir,  ::,  1799* 

I  AM  fenfible  that  under  too  great  a  degree  of  animation, 
even  Christians  too  often  exaggerate  their  accounts  of  revi- 
vals of  religion.  But  I  will  attempt  a  fimple,  but  Ihort  narra- 
tive of  the  late  wonderful  work  of  God  in  this  place. 

In  the  month  of  April   lalt,   there  appeared  nothing  :;:• 
this  people  but  the  mod  rapid  jncreafe  oi    every  fpecies  ot  vice 
and  immorality  ;   and  even  profeifors  had  grown  cold  as  to  re- 
ligious exercifes. 

Towards  die  laft  of  that  month,  it  pleafed  God  to  vifit  my 
poor  foul  with  fome  fenfe  of  my  own  vilenefs  and  (hort  comings, 
and  how  little  I  had  done  for  God  and  the  good  of  fouls.  At 
this  time  I  think  I  had  a  glimpfe  of  the  infinite  character  of  Je- 
hovah, which  made  me  fhrink  into  nothing  in  my  own  elteem  ; 
then,  to  my  allonifhment,  my  foul  was  ftrangely  drawn  forth, 
at  particular  times,  in  fecret  prayer,  for  the  filtration  of  finners. 
Repeated  exercifes  of  this  kind  gave  me  a  ftrong  confidence,  that 
the  Lord  would  foon  work  falvatiou  in  this  place.  There  were, 
however,  no  favourable  fymptoms  among  the  people  until  the 
month  of  July:   then  a  young  woman,  who  iverted 

fome  years  before,  was  (lirred  up,  and  cam;  forward  in  baptifm. 
Her  convocation  was  made  the  mean  of  the  awakening  oi  a 
number  of  young  people.  Thus  the  work  begin.  In  Auguft, 
four  perfons  more  were  baptized.  In  September*  I  baptized 
feveftteen.  Many  were  awakened  by  the  folcmnity  of  this  or- 
dinance. (Indeed  I  think  there  was  no  one  mean  more  ! 
for  the  conviction  of  finners,  through  the  whole  com  fie  of  this 
work,  than  the  adminiftration  of  baptifm.)  But  to  return  ;„we 
as  yet  held  our  church  conferences,  10  hear  the  relations  of  can- 
didates, hut  once  a  month.  At  the  doi  ■  1  '  ■  tober,  we  were 
obliged  to  attend  two  days,  and  theu.  were  not  able  to  hear  all 
that  wiihed  to  relate.  The  next  Lord's-day  .is  a  fevere  ftoini  ; 
baptifm  was  omitted  :  the  church  attended  two  Ja>5  of  t:  a . 
week  alfo,  to  hear  the  young  concerts  declare  what  the  Lord 
had  done  for  them.  I  Was,  then  under  neeeifity  to  call  ; 
fiftance  in  adminiftering  baptifm.  Accordingly,  brother  S 
Rogers  attended  the  next  Sabbath,  and  we  baptized  46  that 
day.     We  then  found  it  neceffary  to  hold  our  Chute  he 


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ences  to  Lear  re'.  x  a  week.    The  next  Sabbath  I  bapti/cd 

at  ;  the   next  x6;  the   ne\t    13  ;  and  the  next  9;    and    there 
htve  been  but  a  few  weeks  fiocc,  that  I  have  not  been  called  to. 
the  precious  work  of  baptizing.      £ion's  gates  were  truly  then 
ed  with  converts  ! 

The  whole  number  added  to  this  church,  fince  lad  May,  is. 
175  ;  25  by  letter  and  other  ways ;  and  150  by  baptifm.  Our 
whole  number  is  346.  Many  of  this  number  are  removed  into 
different  parts  of  the  country  ;  there  are,  however,  nearly  300 
tin*  live  in  this  viciuity,  the  vemotcd  of  them  not  more  than  fix 
miles  from  our  meeting  houfe. 

There  have  alio  been  70  added  to  the  Weft  church  in  this 
town  iince  the  work  began  ;  and  13  to  the  Eaft  church. 

As  to  the  principal  means  by  which  this  work  has  been  carri- 
ed on,  I  mult  fay,  that  no  one's  little  or  great  preaching  canjult 
/  any  claim  to  the  honors  <■>[  it.  Several  brethren  in  the 
miniltry  have  viiited  us  in  the  time,  and  all  of  them  were  blcifed 
in  their  labours.  A  brother  Jones,  from  England,  was  an  in- 
ftrument  for  the  awakening  of  feveral. 

I  have  been  rilled  with  wonder  and  uftonilhmcnt,  to  fee  how 
the  Lord  has  feemed  to  preferve  fome  of  almuit  all  the  preach- 
ing that  has  been  in  this  town  fmce  T  have  been  here.  Even 
when  I  had  mourned  and  thought  I  had  laboured  in  vain,  and 
that  my  preaching  was  as  water  fp.ilt  upon  a  rock  ;  the  Lord 
has  now  made  known  that  he  defigncd  it  for  the  good  of  fouls. 
O  my  brother,  let  us  never  be  difcouraged  ;  we  cannot  always 
tell  when  our  labours  are  bleifed.  I  cannot  fay  how  many,  but 
the  Lord  has  made  my  poor  weak  efforts  the  means  of  awakening 
a  coaiiderable  number.  But  the  greateit  part  of  the  people  have 
.wakened  by  attending  the  folemnity  of  baptifm,  and  by 
convcrfation  one  with  another. — Indeed,  the  moll  that  I  can  fay 
is,  It  is  the  Lord's  doing,  and  it  is  marvellous  in  our  eyes. 

There  has  not  in  fears  pall  been  the  mofl  cordial  fellowfhip 
between  the  three  churches  in  this  town  ;  but  the  Lord  has  now 
id  a  happy  union  between  us.  On  the  laft  Lord's-day  in 
January,  we  ail  met  at  one  communion  table.  That  happy  day 
my  foul  had  defircd  for  years.  Nothing  but  experience  could 
have  made  me  believe  it  poffible,  that  I  could  have  felt  fo  much 
folid  delight,  anticipated  fo  much  trouble,  and  rejoiced  with  fo 
much  trembling,  at  one  and  the  fame  time.  That  day,  I  truft, 
never  be  forgotten  by  me. 

The  north  part  of  Bjnnington,  which  lies  fouth  of  us,  has 
fhared  confiderably  in  this  grace,  and  have  joined  with  the 
churches  in  this  town,  and  fome  few  members  from  the  town 
north  of  us  ;  but  the  greatefl:  part  that  have  been  wrought  upon 
are  within  this  town,  which  is  fix  miles  fquare. 

In  about  two  months  alter  the  work  began,  the  whole  town 
feemed  to  be  affected.  Conference  meetings  were  attended  two 
or  three  times  in  a  week  in  almoll  every  neighbourhood  ;  and  k 
was  furprifing  to  me,  that  fcurcely  a  lingle  inllanee  appeared  of 
any  over  heated*  eal,   Or  flight  of  palliou  .'     Doth   finners  under 


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conviction,  and  thofc  newly  I  '   erty  of  the  g 

pel,  converted  in  their  H  the  greatefl  freedom  ;  they 

fpakc  one  at  a  time  a  lew  words,  in  tiie  mod   foLmn  manner  I 
ever  heard  people  in  my  life.      And  in  general  they  . 
that  their  alicmblies  rauft  be  /   fctll,   or  they   co- 

hear  them  :  Yet  a  remarkable  power  attended  their  converiation. 
Sinners  wonld  tremble  #'tKtJUgh  thcnuelves  In  the  im- 

mediate prefetice  of   '  rah. 

Some  of  all  rarrlft  and  charafters  among  us  have  been  taken  ; 
from  the  mod  refpe<5tab*e  ffi  \>  to  the  vileil  in  the 

place.     Home  of  rnr  nx.'t  h  h  have  bowed  the   knee  to 

King  Jefus.      And  a  n;  iffe  have  forfaken  their 

delufions,  and  embraced  the  tftrtft. 

In  the  revival  four  years  ag6  hi\  'Hrrrrner,  we  then  received 
ten  children  into  the  dumb,  aged  rn  m  nine  to  thirteen  years, 
with  a  number  of  other  young  people;  all  of  them  remain  in 
good  Handing  with  us,  and  are  now   :  \p  outers  ;  except- 

ing one,  who,  I  mifr,  is  gone  to  the  chtirch  niumphant.      In  I 
revival,  we  have  receive. 1  listeen  Whotfc    age  is  from  nine  to  fif- 
teen )ears.     From  nine,  I  have  baptized   iome  of  almoit  every 
age  to  upwards  of  feventy  ! 

"  W  have  now  upwards  of  one  hundred  unmarried  perfons  in 
this  church.  There  are  alio  a  large  number  of  youths  who 
have  joined  the  other  churches  in  thi  O  my  God  !   keep 

them  in  the  love  of  the  truth  !     My  very  fotil    tumbles  when  T 
think  of  them.     There  is  not  a  fufficicnt  number  of  young   p 
pie    now  left  in   the   town    (who   can    unite)   to  carry  on  tl 
merry  meetings.     Every  cor-  iln-m  is  broken  up. 

I  lately  enjoyed  the  happinefs  oi  having  upwards  of  feventy 
youths  and  children,  that  wfrc  prof.  ..I  hold  a  con- 

ference at  my  houfe  in  one  evening.  Voa  may  guefs,  but  it 
vwuld  be  difficult  to  tell,  with  what  a  mixture  of  joy  and  trem- 
bling I   was  then  filled. 

The  fevered  cold,  fnow  and  ice  we  have  had  this  tedious  win- 
ter, I  haVe  not  heard  once  mentioned  as  any  terror  to  the  moil 
delicate  ladies,    young  or  old,  we  have  in  the   place  ;  but  \hcy 
hive  cheerfully  followed  their  Divine   Redeemer  into  the  liq 
grave,  without  the  lead  intimid  ition. 

As  to  myfelf,  I  think  if  ever  I  knew  what  it  was  to  have  extra- 
ordinary drength,  it  lias  been  within  a  few  months  pad.  My 
lungs,  which  1  had  thought  were  on  the  decay,  now  feemed  to 
renew  their  youth.  Preaching  three  and  four  times  a  week,  be- 
fides  attending  other  meetings  almod  every  day  for  months  to- 
gether, feemed  very  little  if  any  to  c\h. .;:;•.  my  drength.  I  think 
of  all  men  in  the  world,  1  hive  the  grcated  caufe  to  be  humble 
before  God,  for  his  abundant  goodnefs  beftowed  upon  a  moll 
unworthy  wretch. 

When  I  think  of  my  own  weaknefs  and  infufHcienoy,  and  the 
great  number  of  young,  inexperienced  Chridians  committed  ta 
my  charge,  my  heart  fhrinks  within  me  ;  and  I  am  ready  to  w'fh 
they  had  a  more  able  and  pious  watchman  to  go  before  them. 


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But  all  the  hope  I  hive  is,  that  He  who  leadeth  Jofeph  like  a 
fiock  will  gather  the  lambs  in  his  arms,  and  gently  lead  his  flock 
into  tl  fields  of  gofpel  truth,  and  belide   the  Mill  waters 

or"  eternal   life* 

I  lometinies  anticipate  fo  much  trouble,  that  it  quite  abforbs 
my  ipirits,  and  drowns  my  joy.  Then  I  think  it  bell  to  rejoice 
while  I  can,  and  let  to-morrow  take  thought  for  itfelf. 

It  is,  however,  a  very  interefting  criiis  with  us  ;  if  we  are 
faithful,  and  make  a  right  improvement  of  the  great  mercies  be- 
llowed upon  us,  we  may  continue  to  be  a  happy  people  ;  if  not, 
a  feries  of  trouble  and  forrow  await  us.  Dear  brother,  pray  for 
us,  that  we  may  be  kept  in  the  love  of  the  truth  ;  that  the  God 
ol  love  and  peace  may  ever  dwell  with  us. 

I  mull  not  indulge  my  feelings,  I  ihall  intrude  upon  your  pa- 
tience. 


EXTRACT  6.     A  gentleman  in  Pembroke  thus  writes 

to  his  friend  in  Bojlon. 

Df.ir  Sir,  Pembroke,  April  i,  1799. 

GOD  has  been  pleafed  to  begin  a  glorious  work  in  the  firfl 
parifh  in  Marfhfield,  and  a  few  fcattering  drops  in  towns 
adjoining,  although  but  a  few  as  yet.  O  may  we  all  be  enabled 
to  wreflle  like*  Jacob  and  prevail  like  Ifrael.  We  need  the  pray- 
ers of  all  that  have  an  intereft  at  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we 
may  be  kept  from  error  and  delufion.  O  may  the  time  foon  come, 
when  the  knowledge  of  God  (hall  cover  the  earth,  as  the  waters 
do  the  feas. 

As  to  the  prefent  (late  of  the  reformation  among  us,  there  are 
between  30  and  40,  in  a  judgment  of  charity,  brought  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth  ;  and  more  than  that  number  appear  to 
be  under  ferious  impreffions  of  mind. 


INFORMATION,  though  not  very  correcl,  has  alfo  been  re- 
cored  from  a  number  of  towns  in  Chefhire  County,  in  New- 
Hampfhire,  of  a  very  pleafing  and  extenfive  reformation  there. 

The  following  towns  are  faid  to  have  fliarcd  largely  in  it,  viz. 
Unity,  Marlow,  Lemfler,  Alftead,  Ackworth,  Cornifli,  and 
Plaiiifield,  with  fomc  others  in  that  neighbourhood.  Several  towns 
in  the  diflri«5t  of  Maine,  are  favoured  at  this  time  with  like  reviv- 
als ;  but  for  the  want  of  accurate  documents,  a  particular  account 
cannot  be  given. 

If  the  repentance  of  a  fingle  finner  caufes  joy  in  heaven  among 
the  angels  of  God,  what  fhouts  of  immortal  praife  mull  have  ech- 
oed through  all  the  realms  of  blifs,  upon  the  accefiion  of  fuch 
numbers  to  the  Jledeemer's  kingdom  ! 

O  Lord,  may  thy  kingdom  come,  and  thy  will  be  done,  on 
earth  as  in  heaven,-  for  Chriil's  fake.      Amen. 


